kereru has kibitzed 349 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jan-30-25 Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2021    kereru: Did Magnus lose on time? Black is about to lose a pawn but the ending should still be a draw.      Jan-06-25 Teichmann vs Alekhine, 1921   kereru: Alekhine obviously didn't think much of the opening, he preferred to play the French Defence a tempo down. The other game they played with this opening hasn't survived.      Jan-05-25 Annemarie Meier   kereru: Along with Yosha Iglesias , one of the few transgender players at master level. I'm not really sure what "problem" FIDE thought they were trying to fix when they announced the restrictions on transgender players.      Nov-29-24 Blackburne vs J Minckwitz, 1881   kereru: Blackburne's playing like Nakamura.      Oct-29-24 M Hebden vs J Hector, 1987   kereru: First appearance of this crazy line. I fell like Black should have held the ending      Oct-29-24 N Krogius vs Stein, 1960    kereru: This game is often considered Stein's masterpiece, yet the engines demonstrate that Black's attack was unsound. Just shows over the board chess is a different game, and putting pressure on your opponent often trumps "correctness". Players like Tal, Stein and Bronstein were well aware      Sep-13-24 Chandler vs J Tarjan, 1977   kereru: 19...Ng8 was a howler, but beating a GM in 23 moves was quite an achievement for Murray.      Jul-16-24 Niemann vs Ivanchuk, 2023    kereru: It seems correspondence players discovered it some time around 2010 and it found its way into GM play from there. Does seem quite an odd way to break a pin, but that very idea (retake with the king) occurred in Baklan vs M Costachi, 2016 .      May-13-24 Ewen McGowen Green   kereru: The game against Stalflinga (a likely misspelling) was played by Lars Grahn , not Ewen Green.      Apr-15-24 A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972   kereru: There's a question as to whether Reshko actually played 61.a8=B!! In Karsten Muller and Wolfgang Pajeken's "How to Play Chess Endgames" (2008), they say that he actually played 61.a8=N, which is a draw against correct defence, and only won due to a blunder. I don't know their ...

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